The Next Big Thing?
I don’t know if this is the next ‘Big’ thing but it’s likely to start generating lots of news and interest over the upcoming months. I’m talking about Windows 8 here, the planned next release of the Windows family.
Continue Reading →Am I Surprised? No. Worried? Yes.
So I came across this article today. Short version: Symantec, the makers of the Norton Anti-Virus line of products, had some of its software cracked recently. It was older software, and it was their business line, not the consumer line, that was affected. And the chance of it affecting a large number of people or [...]
Continue Reading →Is Fix-It A Security Threat?
In troubleshooting a problem today, I was directed to use the Microsoft Fix-It tool. This is a little program that you download from Microsoft, and it’s tailored to automatically repair certain Windows problems for you. In many cases, it works. But is the solution worse than the problem?
Continue Reading →Nearly $2000 Given Away
This time of year, many companies will send their clients a gift basket, a box of chocolates, or something else as a token of their appreciation for continued business. CPG Systems doesn’t do that. A large part of CPG’s corporate ethic is based on social awareness. So instead of sending gift basket, we made a [...]
Continue Reading →Now Part Of The BCTIA!
CPG Systems is pleased to announce that we are now a part of the BCTIA! Also we are pleased to provide a special offer just for BCTIA members. For more information, visit the Member Discounts page on the BCTIA website. From the BCTIA website: The BC Technology Industry Association is an industry-funded organization supporting the growth [...]
Continue Reading →Windows 7 Readiness Redux
The search term that brought most people to our website is ‘windows 7 readiness tool’ which tells me that there are a lot of people still unsure about making the switch away from Windows XP. Which is understandable… XP is a known quantity, it’s been around for about 10 years, and is generally considered to [...]
Continue Reading →More Website Updates
One of the reasons I love the computer business is that things are always changing, you can never stop learning. It’s been like this for as long as I can remember. .Since the company has some new offerings (that we’ve just perfected, or have just learned about), it was time to add some new content [...]
Continue Reading →IT For Small Business: Priority 1
I received a call from someone yesterday, who asked me about something I’ve heard pretty often. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.. “My computer has crashed. I took it to a shop, and they said it’d be $300 just to look at it. What do I do?” You might be surprised at how [...]
Continue Reading →IT For Small Business: Email Addresses
Let’s be honest; virtually everyone has an email address, especially business people. But is your email address hurting your business? Ask any marketing professional, and they will tell you that image is everything. So what kind of message does it send if your business email address is through hotmail or gmail? While these are both [...]
Continue Reading →IT For Small Business: Virus Prevention
The last few weeks have seen an increase in virus activity. So what’s a business to do, to minimize the chances of being affected by one of these things? Here’s how to help your chances, in 5 minutes or less (and no, we’re not going to tell you to buy a particular brand of anti-virus [...]
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